Product Description: By day, graveyards are often peaceful places. When night falls, though, things change. The moonlight casts an eerie glow on the headstones. Trees make creepy shapes and shadows. What looks like a human shape drifts among the sea of cold, gray stones...read more

Product Description: From the perspective of a honeybee, ant, a butterfly and many other creatures-- the backyard is a busy place. Learn about this little community and their daily activities and responsibilities in this accessable, beautifully illustrated boxed set.

Product Description: Practical, prescriptive advice on successfully marketing your event planning business Recent years have been tough on the event planning industry. The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, economic downturns, wars, and SARS have all negatively impacted the business...read more

Product Description: This fantastic book about frogs and toads covers a wide range of topics. Find out about the frogs which fly from branch to branch in the jungles of Malaya to the frogs and toads living in the pond at your local park. Packed with facts and illustrations (did you know that some frogs and toads snore?!) this is a wonderful introduction to the animal world for young readers...read more

Introduces the life cycle of the dragonfly.

Introduces the life cycle of a dragonfly, showing how it changes from an egg to an adult dragonfly.

For event planners, there's no such thing as a dress rehearsal! Any event you plan and stage is a reflection of your company's image — from the initial invitation to onsite operations. Whether you're planning a product launch, conference, sales meeting, an incentive event, or a gala fund-raiser, remember that the magic of a truly memorable event is in the details, but so is the devil. Special events are fraught with thousands of details, and have to come off without a hitch. Whether your event is for 50 or 2,000 people, whether it has a budget of a few thousand dollars, or hundreds of thousands, planning and executing the project is like a high-wire act without the safety nets. Event Planning gives you a blueprint for planning and executing special events with flair and without any unexpected surprises and expenses. This unique book is loaded with practical advice on every aspect of organizing and managing special events: Choosing the best venue Preparing and managing the budget Scheduling and staffing Coordinating food and beverage, décor, entertainment, and themes Working with professionals, such as public relations firms and creative directors. What you don't know or know to ask can have a major effect on the success of your event and on your budget. Event Planning takes you through every aspect of organizing and executing a successful event: the planning stages, timing and logistics, budget preparation, operations, and on-site management. Event Planning: Includes sample costing forms to help you generate a detailed project plan and budget. Explains what you need to ask before you contract with suppliers. Is loaded with practical tips and examples that will help you avoid expensive mistakes. Features a companion website with forms from the book, additional forms, author Q&A, and more. Event Planning takes you behind the scenes, and provides practical tools for anyone who has to plan and execute a truly special event: Corporate in-house event planners Public relations and communications companies, and their clients Marketing and corporate communications professionals Fundraisers and not-for-profit organizations Professionals in the hospitality and entertainment industries

Product Description: This series of books is the perfect introduction to the natural world for young children of pre-school age. Each book uses a series of statements, complemented by detailed and imaginative artwork, to help children differentiate between themselves as humans and a particular small animal...read more

Product Description: This series of books is the perfect introduction to the natural world for young children of pre-school age. Each book uses a series of statements, complemented by detailed and imaginative artwork, to help children differentiate between themselves as humans and a particular small animal...read more

Event planning never stops. This industry goes 24/7, 365 days a year. Planners work evenings, weekends, and holidays, often far away from their home base, organizing and running events that simply must go on, and go smoothly. Missing a critical deadline is not an option in the event planning field. Time management errors can cost a company a potential sale, lose them an existing customer, and damage their professional reputation. Burnout and chaos are real risks in this hectic world of deadlines and multiple projects. Planners often find themselves working down to the wire against crushing deadlines and a mountain of obstacles that impede their progress. Too frequently, there is not enough time to get the job done properly, let alone to spend on personal or professional pursuits. And for many involved in the event planning field, there is the extra dimension of travel to factor in, juggling multiple projects on a daily basis across a multitude of time zones. For smooth event implementation, and for business success, it is essential that planners know how to manage their own time as well as they manage an event. Time Management for Event Planners teaches readers how to successfully manage their workload, and do what matters most, when it matters most: Analyze and prioritize tasks. Structure your workload and your day for maximum performance. Identify red-flag activities that hinder productivity. Reduce stress-producing time crunches. Identify when extra help is needed, as well as how to delegate, outsource, and even partner with suppliers in crunch periods. Work with rather than against deadlines. Save time using technology. Manage multiple projects, even in multiple time zones. Balance your personal and professional life. Whether you are an event planner, a hospitality professional, in public relations or other related fields, Time Management for Event Planners offers time-saving tips, techniques, examples, and expert insight that will help you get time on your side.

An industry expert shows readers how to get the best return on investment from corporate events Corporate events and business entertaining are a major part of a company's communication, marketing and public relations strategy. They are used by businesses of all sizes to solicit new business, create a corporate or brand image, and retain and build loyalty with existing suppliers and customers. They can also be used effectively to elicit peak performance from employees and produce camaraderie and teamwork among co-workers. The corporate event bar has been raised dramatically and the competition to craft something original that will help a business create public awareness as well as industry and media buzz is fierce. Staged effectively, business functions can contribute to a company's success, standing, profitability and business development. But corporate events and business entertaining can also seriously damage a company's image and put the company and its management in potentially high-risk situations if not handled carefully, professionally, and appropriately. Corporate boards and chief executives are now seeing how company scandals played out in the headlines can estrange customers, sink stock prices, and end careers in a matter of minutes. And many of the transgressions that have been made public have been linked to corporate events and business entertaining. The Executive's Guide to Corporate Events and Business Entertaining provides executives with all the information they need before they plan, host, sponsor, or attend corporate events. It gives rising and established executives the tools they need to move ahead with confidence in planning their next company function.

Provides information on ways to quickly plan a wedding, covering such topics as budgeting, reserving venues, compiling a guest list, selecting the music and flowers, planning the honeymoon, and fittings and makeup.

When a witch and her long-suffering cat, Matt, need to find a place to get a good night's rest, they encounter badgers in their sets, otters on the sea, birds in the air, and bats upside down, but nothing is quite the perfect bed for them.

This gripping guide to all things strange, weird, and paranormal explores our obsession with the unexplainable, from hauntings and the power of the mind to physical mysteries such as lost civilizations, ancient superstitions and symbols, and life on other planets.

The protection which is installed on an industrial power system is likely to be subjected to more difficult conditions than the protection on any other kind of power system. This book is intended to help achieve an understanding of the protection necessary and covers the whole area of industrial power system protection, starting with the many simple devices which are employed. Covers vital aspects such as the modern cartridge fuse, types of relays, and the role of the current transformer. Includes critical examination of the widely used inverse definite-minimum time overcurrent relay, the theory of the Merz-Price protection system and the development of the high-impedance relay system. Describes commissioning and maintenance testing of equipment.

Product Description: A fascinating novel exploring the natural world by a Whitbread Award-winning author. A film project exploring the settlement of foreign animals in Great Britain brings six wildlife enthusiasts together in the remote English countryside...read more

From goblins and fairies to dragons and Dracula, this comprehensive guide to the world of fantasy creatures features more than 400 stunning photographs and illustrations.

'Author shows how to create eight feather designs, including straight and undulating lines, circles, hearts, scallops, swags, plumes, and paisley. Designs can be used with hand quilting, home sewing machine, and short and longarm quilting machines'--Provided by publisher.

Product Description: Use the tools and techniques the experts use for stress free planningEvery wedding moves through the same series of planning steps, but the time,money, energy and emotion invested can vary tremendously. Couples who usethe tools and techniques the experts use are prepared to do what matters,when it matters most...read more